Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25
I'm DUTY OF PARENTS.
-,,r,aee's Discourse at the Taber-
nacle.

,r.., ms Often Ruined by Indulgence
-. ryranny-The Proper Treatment of
he Young.
prooKLYS, Nov. 13.-The weekly pub
nv, of DIR. Talmage's sermons is be-
p' y narallel. Beside the English speak
gu cations, including Australia and New
land. the sermons are regularly trans
'' ~ into tho languages of Germany,
snce. Italy, Denmark, Norway, Russia,
India. The gentlemen having in
r,o the publication of these sermons
ar nu us that in this country, every
Il. IL. soc, 900 COPIES of the entire SER
ore printed, and about 1000, 900 in
or lands, making over 17,00O,0O0 per
l. similar arrangement is now be-
made for the publication of DR.. Tai
ca's Friday evening talks.
H. sub ect of the sermon to-day was
ren,a! Blunders," and the text was I.
mel iy. ls: ale fell from Off the seat
lword by the side of the gate, and his
brake, and he died; for he was an
nan. and heavy" DIR. Talmage said:
his is the end of Il long stoy ofpa,ental
tlect. Judge Eli was good man, but
ct his two boys, Hophni and Phinehas,
ID they pleased, and through over in
nence they went 10 ruin. The blind
Judge, 9s years of age, is seated at the
waiting for the news of an important
lie in which his two sons were at the
ST. An express is coming with tidings
n the battle. This blind nonogena1ian
his hand behind his ear and listens
cries: "What meaneth the noise Of
tumult?" An excited messenger, all
Of breadth with the speed, said to him:
nr army is defeated. The sacred chest,
ed the ark, is captured, aud your sons
dead on the field" No wonder the
er tainted and expired. The domestic
edy in which these two sons were the
edians had finished its fifth and last
"He fell from off the seat backward
be side of the gate and his neck brake,
he died; for he was an old man, and
n.y."
had made m awful mistake in re-
to his children. The Bible distinctly
Ellis sons made themselves vile and
restrained them not" Oh, the 10000
axes in rearing children, mistakes of
(nts, mistakes of teachers in day school
sabbath classes, mistakes which We
make. Will it not be useful to con-
them?
bis country is going to be conquered
great army. compared with which
of Baldwin l., and Xerxes, and
lander, and Grant, and Lee, all put to-
er were i'll numbers insignificant.
will capture all our pulpits, store
les, factories, and halls of legislation,
our shipping, all our wealth, and all
Ionors. They will take possession of
uthority, from the United States presi-
down to the humblest constabulary
everything between the Atlantic and
BE Oceans. They are on the march
and they halt neither day nor night.
will soon be here, and all the pres
active population Of this country must
nder and give way. l refer to the
army of children. Whether they
take possession of everything for
or for bad depends upon the style of
aration through which they pass on
way from cradle to throne. Cicero
lowledges he kept in his desk n coll
|ou of prefaces for books, which pre-
IS lie could at any time attach to any,
he wanted to publish for himself or
rs; and parents and teachers have all
jared the preface OF every young life
er their charge, and not only the pre-
me be a poem or farce. Families,
schools, ana legislatures are in our
busily engaged in discussing what is
Jest mode of educating children. Be-
this question almost every other
plles into insigni!icance, while de-
aent upon its proper solution is the
are OF governments and ages eternal.
pulay tells of the war which Frederick
pade against Queen Maria Theresa.
one day she appeared before the au-
Diet, wearing mourning for her father,
held up in her arms before them her
the Archduke. This SO wrought
the officers and deputies of the peo-
that with half-drawn swords they
forth in the war cry, "Let us die for
Queen, Maria Theresa" So, this
png, realizing that the boy of to-day
he the ruler of the future, the popu-
rvereign, hold him before the Ameri-
people to arouse their enthusiasm in
Pehalf and to evoke their oath for his !
nse, his education, and his sublime
ny.
q parent, you will remember when
were aroused to these great RESPONSE |
es, and when you found that you had
done all required after you had adj
the tiny hands, and the glossy hair,
he bright eyes that lay in the cradle,
suddenly remembered that that hand !
d yet be raised to bless the world with |
tnediction, or to smite it with curse.
riosto's great poem there is q charac-
railed Ru giero, who has a shield of !
icrable splendor, but it is kept yelled
on certain occasions, and when I'M
Ted it startled and overwhelmed its |
lder, who before had no suspicion of
lishtness. My hope to-day is to I'M
the destiny of your child or student.
which you may have no special ap-
ation, and flash upon you the splen-
of i!s immortal nature. Behold the
d aud the sword of its coming con-
|ropose in this discourse to set forth
consider to be some of the errors
Rient in the training of children.
fst; l remark that many err in too
severity or too great leniency of
py government. Between parental
pny and ruinous laxativeness of disci-
there is medium. Sometimes the
errs on ono side, and the mother
ne other side. Good family govern
IS all important. Anarchy and mis-
IN the domestic circle is the fore
(er OF anarchy and misrule in tho
What repulsive spectacle is
without order or discipline, dis
ence and impudence, and anger and
hood lifting their horrid front in the
which should be consecrated to all
is holy and peaceful and beautiful.
e attempt to avoid all this, and bring
nilaren under proper laws and regula-
PARENTS have sometimes carried
selves with great rigor. John Howard,
was merciful to the prisons and
ettOs, was merci1ess in the treatment